Jeff Forbes

Jeff Forbes joined the Board in October 2021 as Independent Non-Executive Director, Chair of Nominations Committee, Chair of Business Development and Digital Committee and Member of Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. Jeff is an experienced Finance Executive and Company Director with over 30 years' merger and acquisition, equity and capital markets and project development experience. As an executive, Jeff worked at Cardno Limited, an engineering and environment consultancy company, as CFO, Executive Director and Company Secretary before leaving in 2013 to commence Non-Executive Director roles. He has spent time as a Non-Executive Director and member of the remuneration and audit and risk committees of both listed and unlisted companies in a variety of sectors. Prior to Cardno, Jeff was the CFO, Company Secretary and Executive Director at Highlands Pacific Limited, a PNG-based mining and exploration company. He has significant experience in capital raisings and during his career has worked for numerous major companies including Rio Tinto, BHP and CSR. Jeff is the Non-Executive Director of Cardno Limited (delisted from the ASX on 17 January 2025). He has previously served as a Non-Executive Director of PWR Holdings Limited (ASX: PWH), 2015 to October 2024 and as a Non-Executive Director of Intega Group Limited, resigned December 2021. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle; Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors